Picture-frame construction



, July ze, 1927.y

v. E. HANSENv PICTURE FRAME CONSTRUCTION Filed June '7. 1925 ffl Patented July 26, Y 1927.

PATENT oFFlcE.

VALDEMAR E. HANSEN,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PICTURE-FRAME CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed June 7,

This invention relates to picture frames formed of cardboard, fibre board, or similar light sheet material, as a substitute :for heavier and more expensive material, such as wood, metal, etc., the objects ot Vthe invention being to provide a trame of this class which may be economically manufactured but still of an attractive appearance.

This improved construction may be made as indicated in the drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a rear view of the body part of the fra-me, formed of laminated strips ot' cardboard.

Fig. 2 is a sectional detail taken on a line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail ot` a completed frame.

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are sectional details indieating diil'erent forms of bevelled acings with which the frame may be provided.

The entire structure is made of cardboard, exce t for the surfacing or covering on the card oard part of the frame. The surfacing is made of leather, imitation leather, oiled or parchment paper, fabric, etc. The body of the frame is composed of tivo sets of cardboard strips, four strips in each set, forming a rectangular-frame. The strips l of one set are Wider than the strips 2 of the remaining set and it may be seen from Fig. 1 that the strips oi cardboard l meet at their edges 8 and the strips 2 meet at their edges 4. Thus the Weak points ot each rectangular frame formed by strips 1 and 2 are reinforced, since the two frame structures are glued to ether at their faces' With the seams protecte Since the set of strips l are wider than the setof strips 2 a suitable recess 5 is provided for receiving the glass mat and picture.

The face of the frame is given a bevelled appearance much like that common to many Wood picture frames, merely by making use of strips of cardboard 6, mounted upon the cardboard strips l, as indicated in Figs. 3 to 6 inclusive. The strips of cardboard may 1926. Serial N0. 114,206.

be scored at 7, as indicated in Figs. 4, 5 and (i to produce various bevels. To produce the structure shown in Fig. 3 strips of cardboard S are mounted edgewise along the outer edge of the strips of cardboard 1.

The entire structure is glued together at all meeting edges oi the cardboard forming the same, but is strengthened and given the desired appearance by a surfacing 9 of lea-ther, ot other suitable surfacing material.

The leather 9 is wrapped around the trame, as indicated in Fig. 3 and glued thereto.

A picture trame constructed as above indicated is, of course, of light Weight, but et ample strength for the ordinary purposes of picture frames and may be highly attractive, dependent upon the nature of the covering material 9.

l claim:

A picture frame comprising a plurality of pairs of strips joined at their ends to form a polygonal frame and having each side member composed of back and :front rectangular strips oi' cardboard glued together face to face, said front strips being Wider than said back strips, the outer side edges of said strips being in registry so as to form a recess at the inner sides of said edges for a glass, a mat, and a picture, one strip of each pair being as much shorter than the other strip as the Width of the ad jacent corresponding strips, said side members being joined by overlapping and gluing together the protruding ends or' opposite strips so that the end edges of the shorter strips abut against the side edges of the adjacent longer strips, a beveled ,facing of cardboard on said `liront strips for imparting rigidity thereto, and a. flexible covering material surrounding said trame members and glued thereto for holding said beveled liront and back strips securely together.

Signed at Chicago this 4th day of June 1926.

VALDEMAR E. HANSEN.

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